Claiming Your Call for a Climate-Changed World

Executive Director Douglas Day Kaufman is excited to be part of the planning and leadership for Claiming Your Call for a Climate-Changed World. This 3-day retreat and yearlong community of practice is in partnership with the BTS Center and Creation Justice Ministries and is for congregations in the New England region.

Learn more about the retreat here. The 3-day retreat is May 14-16 at the Schoodic Institute at the beautiful Acadia National Park in Winter Harbor, ME.

There is no denying that we live in a climate-changed world. Climate change is not just a social cause. It is our weather. It is the flooding and wildfire smoke in our communities. It is the record-breaking heat. It is an intensifying crisis happening at a scale unlike any other crisis we’ve previously encountered, and it is one that demands a radical re-envisioning of what it means to be human on planet earth.

Responding to this crisis is not just the work of scientists, policymakers, and advocates. The church brings spiritual resources to this moment that cannot be filled by any others. Our world is crying out for bold, prophetic moral leadership that can truthfully name the predicament and transform the misguided priorities that have brought this crisis to our doorstep. With rich histories of advocating for justice and providing care for those most in need, faith communities have the opportunity to envision and nurture a world in which people turn towards one another rather than against each other in the face of intensifying challenges.

What is the role for your church? If your church has felt called to respond transformationally to this moment in the context of your local watershed, this retreat will help you enter into a season of rich vocational formation in order to claim and deepen your congregation’s unique call to ministry in a climate-changed world.